Letter from G. R. Rutledge to Robert Rutledge commenting on the prices of provisions in the region, the lack of certain goods, and his need to purchase a horse. He expresses concern for Robert's health and provisions and is worried about Gam...

Order from Confederate General James Longstreet, issued by Assistant Adjutant General William Small, directing the men to maintain their fortitude while enduring reduced rations and other hardships of the field, and presenting a letter captured...

Written from George W. Hamner on April 2, 1863 to a friend Jinnie, he relates "our brigade under General Forrest made a dash on the Yanks the 26th, between Nashville and Franklin, capturing between five and seven hundred, besides their guns,...

Capt. Archibald D. Norris, Co. K, 7th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA was from Wilson Co., Tenn. This letter discusses being encamped at the resorts of Warm Springs, Virginia. He discusses marching in heavy rains, "Most of us were without oil cloths and with...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of three page of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. Craighead writes of the sentries on duty outside their 6th and Union residence; men commenting the house...

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. These entries convey the dying agonies suffered by John Carter, Craighead's younger brother who was a Sergeant Major with the 1st Tennessee wounded at the Battle of Perryville on...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of two pages of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. Entry finds residents of the city of Nashville feeling the strains of feeding Federal forces that had the...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of three pages of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. Entry reveals that Rachel and her mother are making pockets in which to hide away valuables. Having...